24 Apr

Shouldn’t Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking

Collaboration software used by federal government agencies — this includes apps from Microsoft, Zoom, Slack, and Google — will be required to work together and

Author rabih
24 Apr

Microsoft cannot keep its own security in order, so what hope for its add-ons customers?

Microsoft has come under fire for charging for security add-ons despite the company’s own patchy record when it comes to vulnerabilities and breaches. A week

Author rabih
24 Apr

Management company settles for $18.4M after nuclear weapons plant staff fudged their timesheets

A company contracted to manage an Amarillo, Texas nuclear weapons facility has to pay US government $18.4 million in a settlement over allegations that its

Author rabih
24 Apr

Google cools on cookie phase-out while regulators chew on plans

Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is being postponed to 2025 amid wrangling with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and

Author rabih
24 Apr

How to Tell If Your Text Message Is Real 

According to reports from the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel database, text message scams swindled $330 million from Americans in 2022 alone. The staggering figure

Author rabih
24 Apr

US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies

The US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom

Author rabih
24 Apr

What makes Starmus unique? – A Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Todd Miller

Video The director of the Apollo 11 movie shares his views about the role of technology in addressing pressing global challenges, as well as why

Author rabih
24 Apr

If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?

Exclusive At least 18 public-sector websites in the UK and US send visitor data in some form to various web advertising brokers – including an

Author rabih
23 Apr

UnitedHealth admits IT security breach could ‘cover substantial proportion of people in America’

UnitedHealth Group, the parent of ransomware-struck Change Healthcare, delivered some very unwelcome news for customers today as it continues to recover from the massively expensive

Author rabih
23 Apr

How technology drives progress – A Q&A with Nobel laureate Michel Mayor

Join us as we speak to the Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Michel Mayor about the intersection of technology and scientific discovery, the art of making science

Author rabih
23 Apr

Mandiant: Orgs are detecting cybercriminals faster than ever

The average time taken by global organizations to detect cyberattacks has dropped to its lowest-ever level of ten days, Mandiant revealed today. The cyber shop

Author rabih
23 Apr

UnitedHealth admits breach could ‘cover substantial proportion of people in America’

UnitedHealth Group, the parent of ransomware-struck Change Healthcare, delivered some very unwelcome news for customers today as it continues to recover from the massively expensive

Author rabih
23 Apr

Leicester streetlights take ransomware attack personally, shine on 24/7

It’s become somewhat cliché in cybersecurity reporting to speculate whether an organization will have the resources to “keep the lights on” after an attack. But

Author rabih
23 Apr

The vision behind Starmus – A Q&A with the festival’s co-founder Garik Israelian

Video Dr. Israelian talks about Starmus’s vision and mission, the importance of inspiring and engaging audiences, and the strong sense of community within the Starmus

Author rabih
23 Apr

Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug

Neighbourhood Watch (NW) groups across the UK can now rest easy knowing the developers behind a communications platform fixed a web app bug that leaked

Author rabih
23 Apr

Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam

A misconfigured cloud server that used a North Korean IP address has led to the discovery that film production studios including the BBC, Amazon, and

Author rabih
23 Apr

Old Windows print spooler bug is latest target of Russia’s Fancy Bear gang

Russian spies are exploiting a years-old Windows print spooler vulnerability and using a custom tool called GooseEgg to elevate privileges and steal credentials across compromised

Author rabih
22 Apr

FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping

US lawmakers on Saturday reauthorized a contentious warrantless surveillance tool for another two years — and added a whole bunch of people and organizations to

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